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Abedi, Rachel (2021) How do clinicians respond to the faith identity of young Muslims in a London Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) clinical context? An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Akhtar, Khuzuma (2015) Brief Psychotherapy with children in a specialist school: An exploration of the underlying issues for children and mainstream schools. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Aldous, Holly (2017) The stories of parents whose children have been referred for an assessment for Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A narrative analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Allender, Rachel W (2020) What can be learnt from offering therapeutic work to parents and infants (under the age of five) in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) clinic that does not routinely offer this type of intervention? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Amoss, Sarah (2014) The negotiation of blame in family therapy with families affected by psychosis. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Anthias, Louise (2015) Constructing personal and couple narratives in late stage cancer: A narrative analysis. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Atkinson, Gemma A (2017) “It helped me when…” A Q methodological study exploring pupil views regarding the factors that support a successful reintegration into mainstream education following permanent exclusion. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Ayo, Yvonne (2017) Ways in which the cultural identities of mixed heritage individuals are maintained in mixed ethnicity stepfamilies. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Azua, Maria Veronica (2021) Impact of self-doubts on leaders at a point of transition in the workplace. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex.

Azzopardi, Charlie (2007) Expectations of marriage before and after the first year of marriage among Maltese Catholic couples. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

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Baker, Sally (2023) The role of containment and holding in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with children in care. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Balampanidou, Kristina (2019) Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) programme: Child-centred approach, building trust, listening and valuing children’s voices: A grounded theory analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Balfour, Laura D C (2020) Exploring interoception through a psychoanalytic lens: An analysis of the relationship between the neuropsychological concept of interoception and the psychoanalytic concept of countertransference. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Bannerman-Haig, Sara (2017) Switching the light on: Can intensive psychoanalytical psychotherapy enable a child diagnosed with developmental delay to become unstuck? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Barber, Maura Louise (2023) Returning to mainstream school following an Acquired Brain Injury: Two case studies with multiple perspectives on the barriers and facilitators to a sense of school belonging. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Barbuscia, Maria Chiara (2023) Waiting on the threshold: An exploration of the experience of adolescent patients of breaks or holidays in the treatment and its possible modifications along the course of intensive, long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Barrett, Emily (2023) Locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic: The experience of mothers living alongside their child with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) special educational needs, a psychosocial approach. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Bartle, Dale (2016) An exploration of trainee educational psychologists' experience of attending a group relations conference using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Beckler, Lydia Ephraim (2014) Who would be a residential child care worker? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Bertagno, Paula (2016) Promoting children’s emotional well-being in pre-school settings: A grounded theory study exploring the views of early years practitioners. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Bird, Gina (2015) Lonely voices: A grounded theory study into the experiences of family members and mental health staff after suicide. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Birney, Charlotte (2015) What accounts do young people give of their experience of person-centred Annual Review meetings. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Bithell, Julie (2022) An evaluation of a newly established psychoanalytically informed Under-fives Service in four children’s centres. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Blair, Gemma-Louise (2023) “Education is not one size fits all”: An exploratory study of professional’s opinions on the educational support needed for young offenders with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN). Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Blyth, Fiona (2021) A grounded theory of successful Educational Psychology practice in Key Stage 4 Pupil Referral Units: A jointly constructed perspective. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Bolaji, Wuraola (2022) Tiger! Tiger! What is the experience of trauma and transition into adulthood of African refugee and asylum-seeking care leavers? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Bolam, Rebecca Irma (2023) When to wait and when to act? An exploration of child psychotherapists’ work with risky adolescents. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Bolingbroke, Moira (2017) How far does the Work Discussion Method lend itself to facilitating change, to solve specific problems in work settings? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Bovell, Sabrina (2022) An exploration of excluded young people’s experience of permanent exclusion using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Bowden-Howl, Jonathan (2020) What can be learned from an understanding of the lived experience of treatment journeys into psychotherapy through interviews with adolescents and their carers? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Boyd, Kate (2020) An exploration of the nature and function of psychoanalytic parent work with adoptive parents. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex.

Boyd, Rebekah (2019) 'Nothing much has changed': Black boys’ experiences of exclusion and reintegration in mainstream secondary schools. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Bradley, Marie Agnes (2014) No man’s land: Making a map. The contribution of child psychotherapy to decision-making for Looked After Children in transition. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Brees, Emily (2021) “I'm not just picking up the child, I'm picking up the family”: The experiences of school staff working with children of parents with mental health difficulties. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Brennan, Laura (2021) Providing support in a time of crisis: An investigation into how Educational Psychologists in the UK respond to a death by suicide within the school community. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Brown, Davina (2012) ‘The Emerging Butterfly’: How can a boy considered likely to receive an ADHD diagnosis at age 5 be provided with a different developmental experience? An extensive clinical exploration with an under 5 boy with an anticipated diagnosis of ADHD, and his journey towards health with the aid of intensive psychotherapy. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Browne, Rachel (2018) An exploration into the parental experience of Emotionally Based School Non Attendance in young people. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Bull, Rachel (2020) How do parents of children with autism who have received intensive child psychotherapy view the treatment now. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Burton, Tracey (2020) “He’s always in my head, always in my mind.” A psycho-social study into the emotional experience of teaching a child at risk of exclusion. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

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Cannon, Sara (2019) Teaching staff experiences of a Work Discussion Group (WDG) : An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Casey, Tom G (2022) An exploratory study investigating the experience of a group of Irish social workers undertaking an applied training in mentalization-based thinking and practice. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Challis Smith, Joanne (2013) An exploration of constructions of meanings narrated by a cohort of older people in relation to their mental illness, its connection to and impact on ageing and familial relationships. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Chana, Parminder Kaur (2017) "It's all just a bit of a mess when drugs are involved, it really is". A narrative study of young people who have recently been discharged from a specialist support service for their substance use. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Chase, Julie (2020) "You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem.": Exploring the view of practitioners from a local authority educational psychology service, of a socio-political approach within UK educational psychology. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex.

Cherry-Swaine, Janine (2015) What is the impact of intermittent strabismus upon the therapeutic relationship? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Chester, Christine (2015) What can be learned from comparing a child's psychotherapist's experience of children in a children's psychotherapy group with the narrative accounts of foster carers describing the same children in their care? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Chinoy, Freni (2015) Psychotherapeutic work with families with life-threatening maternal illness. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Chiraga, Ruth Pombi (2024) Walking a tightrope without a safety net: A systems and psychodynamic exploration into the experiences of Black women in senior leadership roles in the UK. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Chourdaki, Eleni (2021) Therapists’ responses to young people’s anger: A Conversation Analysis approach. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Cole, Katy M (2018) ‘It’s just an awful topic’: A psychosocial exploration of how educational psychologists encounter and respond to domestic abuse in their work. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Collins, Joanne (2020) Welcome to the motherland. An exploration into how experience is storied through generations of African Caribbean immigrants. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Comfort, Jill (2018) Negotiating sibling separation: A study of a method of group work with siblings in the adoption process and organisational responses. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Conboy, Ida (2020) Teaching assistants' experiences of supporting children's mental health: An IPA study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Content, Sarah (2021) Learning during lockdown: Did prior attendance at a Forest School programme alter children’s home learning experiences, during the COVID-19 pandemic? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Cooper, Jodi (2019) An in-depth exploration into secondary school pupils’ experiences of having Autism Spectrum Disorder. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Couprie, Amy Mary Jane (2023) An exploration of the views and experiences of Designated Teachers in helping to create an attachment aware school. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Coyle, Anne-Marie (2015) The complex world of hide and seek : Investigations into the use and meaning of hide and seek play and how it is related to processes of change within a looked after boy engaged in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London.

Creaser, Miriam (2015) A comparison of audio recordings and therapist's process notes in child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Crosby, Emily (2022) Applying a cultural historical activity theory approach to explore the tensions within and between the roles of educational psychologists and primary mental health workers when supporting mental health needs in schools. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Curen, Valerie (2017) Coming into intensive psychotherapy for adolescents and young adults: An exploration of clinical decision-making. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

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D'Alancon, Cecilia (2022) How child psychotherapy is used to help young people with perversions at the Portman Clinic: An explorative study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex.

Danby, Hollie (2020) “So yes, you’ve battered me. Yes, you’ve hurt me. But you know what? I’m not giving up on you”: The experiences of Teaching Assistants supporting excluded children in alternative provisions. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Daulby, Batul (2017) The mathematical biographies of primary school teachers and how this may affect their teaching: A grounded theory study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Davies, Stephanie (2023) The Temporal Space: The development and manifestation of individual creativity and its organisational relevance. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Davis, Brian (2011) Reducing risk and and promoting resilience: Applying educational psychology practice within a multi-agency preventive model. Professional Doctorate thesis, University of East London.

Dawson, Andrew J (2010) Stuck cases: Understanding the experience of children, families and clinicians in a child and adolescent mental health setting when the relationship becomes stuck. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman. Full text available

De Graaf, Laura Signe (2023) How do Psychoanalytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists think about State of Mind Assessments and what are their experiences of carrying them out? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

De Rementeria, Alexandra (2018) Observing the nature and trajectory of infant defences against disturbing mothering on a mother and baby unit. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Deacon, Jude (2010) From perversion to policy: Knowing and not-knowing in the emergence and management of critical incidents. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Denholm, Emma (2019) “It’s the hardest conversation I’ve had to have” – A psychosocial exploration of teachers’ experiences of talking to children about terrorism. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Deveci, Yeṣim (2021) ‘Will to survive’: The lives of young people with ‘no papers’ in the UK. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Devereux, Suzanne (2017) How do staff in a post-16 college co-construct social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs in their setting? A discourse analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Dimitrova, Silviya (2023) A qualitative exploration of psychoanalytic psychotherapists' experiences working with young people who have perverse sexual fantasies and/or engage in harmful sexual behaviour. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Dowd, Dearbhla (2024) ‘If we are not great, then we can’t be great with the kids’: A grounded theory of successful teaching assistant-teacher partnerships for inclusive education. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Down, Gwynneth (2007) Understanding roles and relationships in the care of ill children: A systemic analysis. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Doyle, John Colm (2016) A systematic audit and evaluation of archival assessment records in a residential assessment service for children, adolescents, and families. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Draper, Ana (2008) Exploring the future for children experiencing parental death: Constructions of parental childhood bereavement. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Dugmore, Paul (2019) Acknowledging and bearing emotions: A study into child and family social work. Professional Doctorate thesis, University of Sussex. Full text available

Dzudzor, George (2021) The lived experience of Ghanaian trained Social Workers in Child Protection in England. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

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Elfer, Jane (2017) To investigate the emotional impact of sibling bone marrow donation. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Ellis, Katharine (2017) A mixed methods inquiry into the experiences of Designated Safeguarding Leads working with young people at risk of Child Sexual Exploitation. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Eloquin, Xavier (2017) The container contained: Biography and role as factors in managing stress for secondary head-teachers. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Esbrand, Tanisha (2016) You can't always be at school, you need to move on: A multi-perspective study exploring the experiences of young people with learning difficulties and their parents during post-school transition. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Evans, Angela (2012) An investigation into the interactions between a child psychotherapist as a consultant/researcher and three primary school SENCOs. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Ezendiokwele, Chibuzor Roselyn (2021) The lived experiences of first-generation West African black parents whose children have been subject to statutory interventions. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

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Fan, Hsueh-Mei (2014) Imitation in development and in developmental failure: A case study based on a Child’s Psychotherapy. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Faull, Keith (2012) A phenomenological study into the place of consultation in the work of staff in children’s homes: How much is it an organisational construction? DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Fitchie, Isla (2023) Waiting with parents: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the parent experience of psychoanalytically-informed parent work. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Fitzpatrick, Robert (2024) Holding the vanishing organisation: Can an 'agile' work environment facilitate emotional containment? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Flanders, Anthea E J (2022) Exploring mainstream secondary school leaderships' views and practices on the inclusion and permanent exclusion of students with social, emotional and mental health needs: A tension between performative pressures and inclusive practice. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Fleming, Hannah (2016) 'What if I get it wrong?' A psycho-social enquiry into SENCOs' experiences of learning, doing and teaching maths. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Fleming, Robert William Kyle (2013) New perspectives on the dynamics of the adoption triangle using biographical, literary and psychoanalytic sources. PhD thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Fletcher, Paul (2014) I know you can't see it but it hurts: A research study of the experiences of young people, their parents and healthcare professionals who live and work with medically unexplained physical symptoms. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Flint, Lucy Marie (2017) Exploring the lived experiences of pastoral staff identifying and supporting pupil mental health needs in mainstream secondary schools. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Flynn, Alison (2017) Experiences of shame, social rank and violence amongst male offenders. Professional Doctorate thesis, University of East London. Full text available

Forbes, David (2011) Probation officers: The next generation. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Ford, Charlotte (2018) The experiences of school staff who work with emotionally based school non-attendance: A psycho-social exploration. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Forsyth, Sheryl H (2023) A qualitative study using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to explore the experiences of young people presenting with gender dysphoria within a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Foster, Judy (2009) Thinking on the front line: Why some social work teams struggle and others thrive. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Francis, Yasmin (2022) How can we reduce racial discrimination in schools? An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis exploring how Educational Psychologists enact change. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Franey, Lorna (2017) Screen time : An exploratory study of the experience of pupils in the final year of primary school using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Frealand, Nicholas (2022) "How have child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapists experienced and understood the role of social identity in training, and how might this relate to their practice?". Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

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Galvin, Hannah Marie (2023) What is it like working with psychotic children and adolescents? A study of child and adolescent psychotherapists’ experience. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Gandz, Gabrielle (2023) Beginnings of Psychotherapy with adopted children and young people: A Grounded Theory analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Gayton, Kathleen (2020) Exploring mothers’ experiences when their disabled child starts school: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Gibb, Amy (2017) How do Nurture Group practitioners make sense of their relationship with the Nurture Group child? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Gibbs, Raelton (2013) Standing in the shadows: Faith, homelessness and troubled lives. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Gilhooley, Rhona (2020) New technology : How do child and adolescent psychotherapists understand it and is it illuminated by the concept of transitional objects? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Gilmore, Evelyn P (2021) Exploring the creation of holding environments at work through a Business & Executive Coach Training Programme in a university setting in the context of organisational transition, development and change. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Ginn, Iesha (2021) “If you don’t have anyone in school that’s like you, regardless, you won’t feel like you belong there”; What it means to belong for secondary-aged pupils from ethnic minority backgrounds, an emancipatory study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Gkaravella, Antigoni (2014) A Study of patients referred following an episode of self-harm, a suicide attempt, or in a suicidal crisis using routinely collected data. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Gore, Helen (2016) 'Working together...it doesn't go far enough actually for what the relationship becomes' - An IPA study exploring the experiences of primary school SENCOs working with parents/carers through the EHCP process. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Graham-Ray, Lin (2020) What sort of nurse are you? Nursing in a social care setting: Looked After Children's views and stories. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Grant, Marisha (2020) Pupils with SEMH needs' experiences of a successful transition To secondary school. A Grounded Theory study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Gray, Karen (2021) The experience of illuminating organisational culture from a Systems Psychodynamic perspective. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex.

Greenway, Liz (2021) A Systems-Psychodynamic exploration into GP experiences of current changes in healthcare delivery. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Gregor, Claire (2013) How might parents of pre-pubescent children with gender identity issues understand their experience? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Grünbaum, Liselotte (2013) Anxieties and dilemmas relating to breaks in the therapeutic relationship with children whose relationships in early infancy were reported to have been emotionally unstable and traumatised: A systematic study of child psychotherapy with a young child who had suffered early abuse and neglect. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Guregård, Suzanne (2009) Open dialogue across cultures: Establishing a therapeutic relationship with the refugee family. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

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Hadary, Merav (2021) Intensive psychoanalytic psychotherapy with looked after and adopted children: Exploring the experiences and perspectives of trainee Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Hamilton, Emily (2023) Can we better understand the experience and outcome of complex neurodevelopmental assessment by considering the perspectives of both parents and clinicians? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Hanna, Deborah (2024) A psychoanalytic exploration of CAMHS clinicians’ experiences with children and young people who do not feed. An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Harris, Jade K (2021) Designated teachers’ experiences of supporting previously looked after children in primary school settings: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Harvey, Anna (2017) “The shadow falls”: Understanding the factors involved in decision-making in local authority children’s services. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Haviv-Thomas, Galit (2019) Referrer engagement in family therapy in the context of child protection: A process study. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Herd, Jane Emma (2014) Understanding hard to reach adolescents: A bio-psycho-social model of aetiology, presentation and intervention. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Hickman, Susan Mary (2014) Shared understandings? The interface between systemic psychotherapists and the family courts. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Higgins, Mollie (2022) The Ideal School: Exploring the perceptions of autistic students experiencing Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance (EBSNA). Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Highton, Sean S (2017) Teaching assistants’ influence on the peer relationships of pupils with SEND: A grounded theory study from the perspective of teaching assistants. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Hill, Emma (2020) Animals as intervention: How schools are making use of animals as part of their educational provision. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Hinchliffe, David Robert Benn (2019) Understanding digital relationships with smartphones: A psychoanalytic perspective. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Hingley-Jones, Helen (2008) ‘Trying transitions’: Researching the identity development of severely learning disabled adolescents; a psychosocial, observational study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Hodgson, Sarie (2016) The emotional experience of children looked after in residential care and care staff: ‘Internal and external home or homelessness’. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Hofsmarken, Terje (2020) A qualitative study of systemic leadership training in a Danish municipality. Leaders’ experiences of participating in leadership training based on a systemic approach. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Hopkins, Amy (2021) A discourse analysis of how Educational Psychologists talk about Trauma-informed Practice. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Horner, Joe (2023) What are trainee Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists’ experiences of working with patients they identify as of a different race to themselves? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Howell, Hilary Helen (2016) Children with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour: An IPA study exploring how key stakeholders construct meanings around challenging behaviour and how this affects people’s relationships and experiences of giving and receiving help. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Hoyle, Katherine (2016) Secondary school pupils’ experiences of managed moves: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Hoyne, Nicola (2021) Passionate about social change: An IPA study exploring the experiences of young people engaged in community action. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Hughes, Sarah J (2022) The Joan of Arc effect, thriving or surviving, is resilience more than the ability to endure? Understanding women leaders. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Hunter, Cath (2024) How do parents experience “Watch Me Play!” alongside the multi-disciplinary assessment of their under-five year old’s social communication difficulties? An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Hunter, D H (2015) 'No-one knows what happens'. Enriching our understanding of the resilience of young people in a Pupil Referral Unit. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Hurst, Alfred (2009) To disclose or not to disclose: That is the systemic therapist's question. A framework for therapist self-disclosure in systemic psychotherapy. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

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Igandan, Ayodele (2022) An exploration of Health and Social Care Practitioners’ work with mental health clients who have no recourse to public funds. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Isaacs, Danny (2020) An exploration of child and adolescent psychotherapists' experiences of offering Short Term Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (STPP). Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Izod, Karen (2017) A relational systems psychodynamic approach to the understanding of group and organisational processes: The construction of 'the relational terrain'. Other thesis, UWE. Full text available

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Jackson, Kenisha (2024) How do we understand the underrepresentation of black children and families accessing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)? A mixed methods qualitative research with professionals and service users. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Jarrett, Hannah (2016) “Canvassing the Context”: An exploration of the context of the Holding Hands Parenting Programme using principles of realist evaluation. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Jensen, Per (2008) The narratives which connect... A qualitative research approach to the narratives which connect therapists' personal and private lives to their family therapy practices. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Jones, Martina (2018) An exploration of reception class teachers’ experiences of supporting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the first year of mainstream school. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Jordan, Diana (2022) Autistic teenage girls’ lived experiences of masking. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Jordan, Hia (2023) Brown Girl in the Ring: What are the Experiences of Senior Female Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic Leaders in Social Work today? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Jordan, Stephen (2015) That joke isn't funny anymore: Humour, jokes and their relationship to social work. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Junor-Sheppard, Sean (2018) An investigation of the transference to determine the usefulness of crosscultural child psychotherapy in the development of the patient’s self. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

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Katona, Julianna (2021) What can be learnt from observing a 5-week baby massage group in a Parent Infant Mental Health Service? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Kay, Janna (2024) Safeguarding adults: The impact emotional and unconscious factors have on decision making. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Keaney, Caroline (2017) A psychosocial exploration of bereaved children’s experiences of exclusion from school: What understanding can be gained from a psychoanalytic perspective? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Kelly, Laura J (2020) The emotional experiences of Teaching Assistants, working 1:1 with a child. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Khanum, Navida (2017) The curse of domestic violence: An in-depth qualitative study based on biographical interviews of British Pakistani women to understand the dominant psycho-social factors which influence women's decisions when it comes to leaving or staying in an abusive relationship. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

King, Janchai (2016) Young people's reflections on engaging with youth offending services. A psycho-social exploration. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Kite, Amy (2020) Challenging thoughts for challenging tasks: Investigating the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural intervention delivered by school staff for secondary pupils experiencing anxiety about their schoolwork. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Klingert-Hall, Julie (2015) An exploration of a patient's use of her body within the transference relationship in intensive psychotherapy - towards allowing thoughts to become thinkable. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Klott, Oliver (2022) Aggression in the consulting room: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the ways aggression is experienced and understood by Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Komakech, Sharon Chepchumba (2024) Are adolescent boys from African and Caribbean heritage underrepresented in CAMHS referrals, and what are clinicians' experiences working with this group? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Kuzubasoglu, Melisa (2021) The contribution of child psychotherapists within a specialist CAMHS and autism assessment service. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex.

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Lane, Harriet (2017) Can a reflective space be established in a family assessment centre and what might such a space provide for the staff observing contact? An exploration into the benefits and challenges of this intervention. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Langton, Patricia Mary (2014) Don’t shoot the messenger: An exploration of how professional networks struggle to receive, contain and process painful communications from and about adolescents in the care system. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Lasserson, Rachel (2023) From Less to More: The clinician’s experience of the transition from non-intensive to intensive psychoanalytic psychotherapy with looked-after and adopted children. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Lawrence, Hayley (2021) Exploring the challenges for the care network of providing therapeutic support for unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Lazarus, Yasmin Rose (2022) The school apperception story procedure: Educational Psychologists’ experiences of using a novel measure to elicit pupil views. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Le Roux, Niccie (2013) Gender variance in childhood/adolescence: Gender identity journeys not involving physical intervention. Other thesis, University of East London. Full text available

Leadbetter, Ian (2025) Before and after Ofsted: The emotional and professional journey of children’s social care senior leaders who received an Ofsted judgement of inadequate. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Ledger, Kate (2024) Difficult encounters in psychoanalytic parent work: Exploring the clinical experiences of child and adolescent psychotherapists through qualitative enquiry. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Lewis, Catherine (2012) A clinical investigation of impairment in the development of healthy aggression with reference to the work of Henri Parens. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Lewis, Richard (2014) An exploration of the effectiveness of Educational Psychology consultation in supporting the development of emotional regulation skills in young people who have been adopted: A series of single subject case histories. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Lindeman, Sari Kaarina (2022) Stories from family life: Living with problematic substance use and recovery in Norway. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Linton, Jane (2015) How does having a child with a profound or multiple disabilities affect the home / school relationship? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Lokke, Claire (2023) Closing the circle, to open a creative space: Can the intentions of avowedly psychoanalytic research methodologies be fulfilled in methods that are deeply congruent with this epistemology? A methodological study to inform future psychoanalytic research endeavours. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Loras, Lennart (2016) The map of competencies in systemic therapy: A qualitative study of the systemic competencies in child and adolescent mental health that target the associated abnormal psychosocial situations. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Lowe, Jane (2020) A qualitative exploration of who the infant is in the mother's mind. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex.

Luedemann, Martin (2021) How is group-as-a-whole behaviour experienced by the individual in working groups in organisational contexts? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

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MacCarthy, Brigid (2022) Bystanders and whistleblowers: A study of the systemic forces driving the journey from denial to action in the face of wrongdoing within organizations. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Madembo, Claude (2015) Unconscious processes in multi-agency partnership working for protecting and safeguarding children. A psychoanalytic examination of the conception and development of a multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH) project in an inner London local authority. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Madembo, Ruth Pazvaitanda (2018) The complex dynamics of performance management and improvement in Local Authorities. A psychoanalytic study of how a Local Authority organisation functions and survives an Ofsted inspection. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Maher, Emmett (2016) The role of shame and humiliation in relation to the technical difficulties in providing psychotherapy to a six-year old boy in care. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Maliphant, Jessica (2021) How do the narratives of depressed adolescents and their parents compare? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Mandin, Philippe (2014) Creating a space to think in a structured world: An exploration of the structures, relationships and emotions emerging in Network Meetings in the wider context of child care proceedings. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Maxwell, Monique (2016) What is the nature of the therapeutic encounter in an adolescent psychotherapy group? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Mazaraki, Angeliki (2023) An exploratory study of pathological processes in latency care-experienced children. Implications for assessment and treatment. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex.

McCaffrey, Jacqueline Michelle (2017) Patchwork families: A grounded theory of how video interaction guidance facilitates foster-carers’ relationships with children in their care. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

McCann, Damian (2011) What does violence tell us about gay male couple relationships? DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

McClatchey, Jo (2013) Am I the only one? What happens in a parent support group in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

McDermott, Lorna (2017) An exploration of a complex relationship: Teachers and Teaching Assistants working together in primary schools. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

McGibbon, Andrew (2022) What are my experiences as a trainee Child Psychotherapist, setting up and facilitating a Work Discussion Group for clinical staff in a CAMHS setting. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

McKenzie-Smith, Savi (2012) Psychoanalytic psychotherapy with depressed older adults. A qualitative research study. PhD thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

McQuaid, Noel (2024) An exploration of the uncanny and mystical influences developing leadership thinking, in the context of rising technological complexity and declining organisational certainty. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Mclaughlin, Stephanie (2020) "I feel ... I feel different": A psychosocial exploration of trainee Educational Psychologists' experiences of personal and professional change over their doctorate training. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Meehan, Deirdre (2016) ‘Coming into being’: The process of developmental growth in a severely deprived child in intensive psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Menon, Ajit (2021) An exploration of culture in the UK financial services. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Metcalfe, Camillus (2012) For God’s sake: An exploration of the life and work of women religious in Ireland in the twentieth century from a psychoanalytic and systemic perspective. PhD thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Midgen, Melissa Jane (2017) The child analytic tradition of the Society of Analytical Psychology: Birth, death and beyond. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Millar Jr, Tennyson E (2015) Race, identity and the transference / countertransference: A mixed-race patient and a mixed-race therapist - a single case study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Milletti, Lara (2022) “I've never been in a job where you've had to work so hard to work out where you fit” A multi-perspectival IPA exploration of Educational Psychologists’ professional identities when working in or alongside CAMHS. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Milligan, Elaine (2022) Exploring Educational Psychologists’ views and experiences of the Power Threat Meaning Framework. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Mintz, Joseph (2012) How do teachers deal with uncertainty in relation to working with children with autism in the context of the introduction of a new technology tool? PhD thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Mohr, Petra A M (2021) Shut in and cut off? An exploration of internal and external relationship dynamics of adolescents and young adults who are socially withdrawn and isolated in their homes. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Moore, Tanya (2020) The emotional experience of continuing professional development for social workers. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Morgan, Emily (2023) An exploration of the process and emotional experiences of young people transitioning between child mental health services (CAMHS) and adult mental health services (AMHS). Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Morgan, Hannah Emily (2022) How does parenting self-efficacy develop? A grounded theory study of the influences on parents’ feelings and beliefs about themselves in role. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Moura, Mariana (2023) Next gens leadership conundrum: The emotional experience of taking up leadership roles and claiming authority in family-owned businesses. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Moynihan, Manus (2015) Clinical psychologists' constructions of insight in adult mental health. Professional Doctorate thesis, University of East London. Full text available

Murphy, Emma (2023) ‘It has got to be dynamic assessment’: An exploration into trainee Educational Psychologists learning and application of dynamic assessment practice in the UK. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

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Nagy, Zita Szimonetta (2017) Full-time class teachers' emotional wellbeing in an Ofsted outstanding primary school. A grounded theory study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Nascimento, Natasha (2021) Group cohesion in multifamily therapy with multilingual families. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Nestor, Rebecca J (2022) ‘The ticking clock thing’: A systems-psychodynamic exploration of leadership in UK organisations that engage the public on climate change. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Newbury, Kirsty (2019) A picture is worth a thousand words: The strengths and limitations of Genograms in educational psychology practice. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Newman, Laura (2020) Educational Psychologists’ work with 19-25 year olds: Going from the known to the unknown. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Nicholson, Joanne (2017) What developments can be seen in a year’s intensive psychotherapy with a ten year old adopted boy with Mild Learning Difficulties. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Nolte, Lizette (2014) Behind closed doors: A grounded theory of the social processes that describe how parents talk to their children about parental mental health difficulties. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Noyes, Charlotte (2015) Live work: The impact of direct encounters in statutory child and family social work. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

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O'Dea, Sorcha (2023) What issues do school staff describe as important when introducing a whole school attachment-based approach? A Reflexive Thematic Analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

O'Dwyer, Louise (2014) ‘I’m no more your mother or father...’ Parents’ experiences of having a child hospitalised for an eating disorder. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

O'Shea, Daniel (2016) An investigation into perinatal psychotherapy as a treatment for first-time mothers with anxiety disorders. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

O'Shea, Gillian (2018) An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study of Eastern European migrants' experiences of arriving at and sense of belonging to a mainstream secondary school in the UK. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

O'Sullivan, Nicola (2017) The dichotomy of ‘thinking’ and ‘doing’ in social work practice with neglected infants and toddlers. How do social workers respond to neglect and abuse in infancy, and does this change with the introduction of a sustained case discussion forum? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Oakes, Rachel (2018) School as a safe place: How to support pupils’ social, emotional, mental health (SEMH) – the view of school staff in a mainstream secondary school. A grounded theory study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Ogoe, Anthony (2020) Between internal and external : Exploring race culture through clinicians' experiences of darker skin colour in psychoanalytic child and adolescent psychotherapy. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex.

Oliven, Tamara (2020) A qualitative study of the parental perspective on the problems of children attending a Primary Pupil Referral Unit. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex.

Oratis, Petros (2022) On the lateral axis: A Systems-Psychodynamic study of the lateral relations of collaboration amongst senior leaders in corporate organizations. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Otley, Hen (2023) What can young mothers’ accounts of their childhood relationships tell us about why they become parents? An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study of mothers aged 16 - 19 supported by the Family Nurse Partnership. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Owen, Millie (2019) Exploring Designated Safeguarding Leads’ experiences of working with children and young people associated with knife crime: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

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Paik-Maier, Sumi (2016) An exploratory study of the processes of supportive music and imagery therapy conducted in South Korea. PhD thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust /University of East London. Full text available

Palmer, Hilary (2014) An action research project to explore and develop family therapists’ experiences of using systemic art and music techniques in a CAMHS setting. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Park, Jane (2016) 'Another door into a new world waiting to be explored’: A psycho-social investigation into the transition experiences of young adults with autism using the Grid Elaboration Method. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Perez-Adamson, Clara (2018) Does an oracy intervention affect the way that teachers cope with students who challenge or worry them in some way? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex.

Persuad, Kamala Jeanette (2017) In the margins: Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women’s narratives of recovering from an eating disorder. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Pescod, Marc (2020) Exploring the educational experiences of young homeless people. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Peters, C M (2019) 'You’ll get used to it': Pupils’ with speech, language and communication needs experience of readiness for secondary school. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Pinnock, E J (2022) An exploration of the role of nursing in the inpatient treatment of anorexic adolescents: Reworking the infantile feeding relationship as a template for recovery. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Plender, Abigail (2019) A psychosocial approach exploring the experiences of primary school Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs). Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Pollard, Laura (2014) How do members of a multidisciplinary team involved in running a therapeutic playgroup understand their role in the work? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Potts, Laura Clare (2021) “The teachers, they try to understand, they say they understand, but they really don’t”: An exploration into the educational experiences of secondary school pupils from military families. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Powell, Jessica (2015) What works? A grounded theory of effective peer mentoring in secondary schools. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Prestidge, Melissa (2022) Needing to respond; Responding to need: A thematic analysis exploring Educational Psychologists’ experiences of responding to critical incidents. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

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Raman, Eleanor (2019) Primary school senior leaders’ experiences of a work discussion group: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Ramos, Charlene (2018) Breaking the Silence: An IPA study exploring the experiences, thoughts, feelings and perspectives of teachers working with Selectively Mute children. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Rand, Sarah-Louise (2020) A common procedure for using the Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) in educational psychology practice: An exploratory study using the Delphi method. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Rees, Kathryn (2015) Exploring the process of change: Developing the use of nurturing approaches in a secondary school for young people with social, emotional and mental health needs. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Reynolds, Aaron E L (2021) A mixed methods study exploring whether referral to the Internal Inclusion Unit results in change to pupil behaviour and exploring the student’s perceptions of the facility. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Reynolds, Niall (2023) Suffering in Silence: A Foucauldian discourse analysis to explore the parental experiences of having a child who has sexually harmed another child in an Irish context. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Richardson, Andrew J (2020) It's personal: Lived experiences of Adult Social Care and Social Work practice in a policy context of personalistion. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Richardson, Colette (2014) Family therapists’ experiences of working with adolescents who self-harm and their families: A grounded theory study. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Richardson, Geraldine (2015) The potential therapeutic value of therapist stuckness in systemic practice. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Riddiford, Anna (2021) How do Child Psychotherapists understand their role when working with children under 5 years old, their families and the professionals around them? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Ridley, Neal (2017) What is really going on in the group supervision of Emotional Literacy Support Assistants (ELSAs) - an exploratory study using thematic analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Robbins, Eva (2016) A constructivist grounded theory study of the decision-making processes of professionals in a children’s service, mixed multi-disciplinary assessment team. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Roberts, William (2020) Psychotherapy in an EBD school: How is psychoanalytic psychotherapy perceived by staff to support a child's classroom and social learning? A phenomenological study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Robinson, Gill (2022) Rolling with defences: A space to think: An exploration of a bounded reflective group for approved mental health professionals. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex.

Roman-Morales, Monica (2017) Intersectionality in the construction of authority: A systemic supervisor’s perspective. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Ross-Lonergan, Kate (2019) Becoming the parent of a school child: A psychosocial approach to understanding the transition process for parents of children with SEN. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Rothwell, Kate (2024) Can the Parent Development Interview (PDI-RF) inform assessment in a CAMHs Parent-Infant Psychotherapy service? A qualitative study using Thematic Analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Russell, Jo (2015) Dissociative identities in childhood: An exploration of how children with dissociative identities may present in psychotherapy. Are there implications for psychoanalytic technique? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Russell, Kathleen Sheridan (2015) Psychosocial concerns and individual anxieties for fathers with testicular cancer. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Ruttledge, Elayne (2022) The post-16 education experiences of transgender young people in the UK: Implications for Educational Psychology practice. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Ryan, Emily (2012) Life beckoning. A thematic analysis of change in a deprived boy in long-term foster care, during intensive psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

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Sagzan, Emma (2019) “There’s a long way to go.” Educational psychologists’ perceptions of their role in supporting schools to improve outcomes for trans* students. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex.

Sakata, Ellie (2021) How can Educational Psychologists develop culturally responsive practice? A Delphi Study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Samul, Nicola (2021) Supporting looked after children: A mixed methods study exploring the role of the Educational Psychologist. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Sandler, K L (2016) How do staff with a key role in social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) in secondary school organisations engage in thinking and talking about the issue? A grounded theory study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Satchwell, Andrew (2020) Exploring how a trainee child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapist generates clinical formulations when undertaking assessment work: A qualitative study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Scanlan, Katharine (2018) Bringing death home: Towards a deeper understanding of the implications of The End of Life Care Strategy for those individuals and organisations providing care in non-specialist settings. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Scanlan, Katharine, Grant, Louise and Foster, Judy (2023) Thesis Abstracts: Professional Doctorate in Social Work & Social Care (from 2008 to Spring 2024). Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London / University of Essex. Full text available

Schnackenberg, Nicole (2019) 'The only way I was going to be lovable': A Grounded Theory of young people’s experiences of Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex.

Schulz, Freia (2020) 'Doesn't matter what we think we are doing, it's how it is perceived': Exploring the usefulness of the Ideal Teacher Drawing technique with students and teachers in a Pupil Referral Unit. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Scott, Bridget (2022) How might young people communicate their expectations of relationships during ADOS assessments? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Shallcross, Wendy (2015) What can be learned from a single case of psychoanalytic infant observation? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Sheen Kinsella, Maria (2023) Piecing together the patchwork: How a therapeutic school can help adopted children with their sense of identity. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Sher, Mannie (2012) In the idiom of Tavistock practice. Approaches to public sector psychotherapy; Group relations; Organisational development and change and Board evaluation. PhD thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Shonibare, Jason (2021) Using Intersectionality Theory to explore the experiences of students from African Caribbean and South Asian heritage and who have a Special Educational Need and/or Disability (SEND) in Further Education. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Shorthouse, Mary Catherine (2016) 'I definitely felt an exception' discourse analysis: A father talks about his son's transition to school. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Simmonds, Loxley (2015) What factors support or hinder the educational progress of looked after children at key Stage 4: A grounded theory approach. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Singh, Reenee (2007) The process of family talk across culture. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Sloan Donachy, Gillian (2013) Placement breakdown in foster care with children under-five: A psychoanalytic view of the caregiving relationship under stress. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Smalley, Elizabeth K M (2022) Educational Psychologists’ participation in online social networking websites: A mixed methods study exploring use and perspectives. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Smith, Henry (2021) “What happens in the Frontline Unit Meeting and can this model be of use to Children and Families Social Work?”. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Smith, Sylvia (2014) 'So you want to be a manager?' To what extent does the recognition and understanding of unconscious processes play a useful part in the management of frontline social work practice. An in-depth study of a children and families resource centre. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Smith, Tim (2021) Adolescent states of mind recalled in Bion’s ‘The Long Weekend’. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Smiton, Siobhain (2024) Health and wealth: A systems psychodynamic exploration of the migrant professional experience in Switzerland’s pharmaceutical industry. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Snowdon, Polly Rose (2021) Exploring Educational Psychologists’ views and experiences of the Beads of Life narrative therapy based intervention. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Soares, Rachel (2017) ‘I’m ready, are you?’ A psychosocial exploration of what school readiness means to the parents of children eligible for pupil premium. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Spencer, Charlotte Wai Man (2023) Race, ethnicity and culture: What happens to these contexts when Family Therapists work with childhood eating disorders? DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Stavrakaki, Lina (2024) “A transformative journey”: How Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists experience their work with adolescents with depression. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Stockwell, Elizabeth (2022) Child Psychotherapy in a paediatric out-patient setting: How can a Brief Intervention Service contribute to the assessment of Under-Fives? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Stone, J F (2019) A psychosocial study exploring children’s experience of their parents’ divorce or separation. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Sutcliffe, Andrew (2016) 'They seem to have grown taller'. An exploratory and explanatory grounded theory of the impact of using person centred Annual Reviews in primary schools, derived from the views of the SENCos who led them. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Sutton, Sarah (2013) Being taken in: How can psychoanalytic psychotherapy lead to better relationships for an adopted child? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Swann, Gavin (2015) Breaking down barriers: Developing an approach to include fathers in children’s social care. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Sweeney, Lin (2016) A baby mouse in a tiny boat. In psychotherapy treatment can the experience of premature birth be considered significant in understanding the internal world of a child? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

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Tamm Lessa de Sá, Carlos (2015) Autistic functioning and language development. PhD thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Taylor, Georgina Anne (2016) An investigation into the implementation of CYP-IAPT routine outcome measures in their first year of integration into child psychotherapy practice. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Taylor, Lynne (2017) How can a child psychoanalytic psychotherapy assessment contribute to the understanding of the individual experiences of children who are refugees? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Terrelonge, Dion (2015) Why do so many white working class boys underachieve? An exploration of underpinning factors and beliefs. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Thakrar, Rukhsana Farooqi (2017) You never arrive at a place where you can put your feet up or put your foot down. A study of conscious and unconscious processes in assessments of black and ethnic minority families. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Thomas, Caitlin (2021) ‘You have to go on a journey’. Looked After Children’s experiences of primary to secondary school transition. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Thomas, Louis (2016) The suicide attempt of a seven year old boy: An exploration of precipitating and protective factors. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Thomas, Louisa Margaret (2022) Young peoples’ experiences in education and LGBT+ youth groups: A constructivist grounded theory study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Thompson, Hannah (2022) Erosion of good intent: Professional perspectives of child protection conferences. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Tilki, Susan (2014) A mixed methods exploration of the sense of self among people diagnosed with Asperger syndrome in adulthood. Other thesis, University of Hertfordshire. Full text available

Tiltina, Kristine (2015) Challenges facing long-term foster carers: An exploration of the nature of psychoanalytic parent/carer support. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Tobias, Adele (2018) Raising a 'red flag' by not going to school: A grounded theory study of family coach intervention with persistent school non-attender. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Tobin, Lucy (2023) “Thinking about what makes you you”: An exploration of the experience of care leavers in engaging with collective narrative practice through the Tree of Life. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Tonks, Alison (2022) Exploring primary school Senior Mental Health Leads’ experiences of supporting mental health across a school and wider community: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Trice, Julie (2016) Investigating links between intimacy and violence in intensive psychotherapy. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Tucker, Simon (2013) A school in mind: An investigation of the stresses, pressures and challenges faced by primary school head teachers in a context of organizational change in schools. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Turner, Mark (2010) The experiences of e-learning for eight education professionals undertaking an online course in educational testing: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, University of East London.

Turrell, Stacey M (2019) What do adolescent natal males choose to tell us about self-harm: A thematic analysis of self-harm vlogs. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Tyler, Amy (2023) Parents’ views on their children’s sleep difficulties and their approach to help seeking: An exploratory study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

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Udrescu-Clarke, Iulia (2023) Children’s experiences of migration to the United Kingdom and adaptation in British primary schools: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Urban, Elizabeth (2016) A Study of Michael Fordham's model of development: An integration of observation, research and clinical work. PhD thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Uttarkar, Vimala (2008) An investigation into staff experiences of working in the community with hard to reach severely mentally ill people. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

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Valdivia Rossel, Maria Eugenia (2023) How do Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists work with silent patients? An exploration of some meanings and functions of patient silence in sessions: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Veiga, Angelina (2021) Encounters in the Claustrum: An exploratory study of the Claustrum in contemporary psychoanalytic child and adolescent psychotherapy. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Vivar, Ruth (2021) Identity as experienced and explored in therapy with adopted children: An IPA study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Volney, Christine (2020) A qualitative exploration into health visitors’ experiences of working with infant mental health concerns. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

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Waggett, Nick (2018) Technology at work: An investigation of technology as a mediator of organizational processes in the human services and the implications for consultancy practice. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Walker, S M (2019) A Constructivist Grounded Theory of the influences and practices that are thought to promote a sense of belonging in a primary school context. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Walsh, Jeremy (2015) The contemporary dynamics of caring – A qualitative study of the relationship between mental health professionals and carers of people with long term mental health conditions. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Waltham, Kate (2020) Exploring clinicians' views about their roles when working with young people presenting with gender identity issues: A qualitative enquiry​. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex.

Waterman, Vari (2020) “It depends on the individual”: A psycho-social exploration of designated teachers’ and virtual school advisory teachers’ experiences of supporting looked after children in education. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Watkins, Lisa (2023) In their own words: American student narratives of challenges and struggles while studying abroad. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Watson, Rachel (2017) An examination of the ways in which power arises, and is managed, between systemic psychotherapists and parents working together in a social care context. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Watt, Ferelyth (2015) Crossing the threshold: An inquiry into the lived experience of Bangladeshi parents with young children; their worries and sources of support. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Weaver, Lara (2020) “Searching for an answer to make it all better”. A grounded theory study exploring parental drive for diagnosis; is it really autism, or a misinterpretation of behaviour? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Webb, India (2015) An exploration of the Body Image Scale in young people: A comparison of persons with features of gender dysphoria and control samples. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Webster Thomas, Diane A (2013) Identity, identification and narcissistic phantasy in the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro. PhD thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Wedd, Anne-Marie (2017) How observational material might be used in a collaborative consultation with teachers to further their understanding of their pupils. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Wedlock, Maria (2016) 'You kind of pull back the layers': The experience of inter-professional supervision with educational psychologists. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Weekes, Arlene P (2020) The complexities of making recommendations for adoption and fostering panels: An investigation of the biographic and professional influences on panel members’ decision-making and attitudes. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

Wheatley, Elizabeth (2024) Exploring the views of child and adolescent psychotherapists on psychoanalytic remote work carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic: A reflexive thematic analysis study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

White, Jennie (2022) Tales of the unexpected: What needs to be understood by a child psychotherapist when taking up their role working with under-fives in a mental health service? Reflexive thematic analysis of professionals’ experiences. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

Whittaker, Andrew (2014) Professional judgment, practitioner expertise and organisational culture in child protection: An ethnographic study. PhD thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Williams, Kasia (2018) Home educating children with special educational needs - an exploration of how mothers experience this unique learning relationship. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Williams, Tracey (2022) An exploration of school leaders' decision-making to exclude a student from school: What can we learn from their experiences? Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Winkler, Astrid (2011) How can social workers promote resilience in looked-after children? Masters thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Witting, Angelique (2023) ‘Does it do what it says on the tin?’ – An exploratory case study into how an additional resource provision in a mainstream secondary school facilitates inclusion for young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

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Yahyaoui, Leila (2021) Teachers’ discourses around accountability measures and low-attaining pupils: How an economic model of education has commoditised children. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available

Yousuf, Rafia (2024) The voices of Looked After Children: Care leavers reflect on their experiences of placement transitions. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of Essex. Full text available

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Zacharia, Eleni (2020) Creating a link between CAMHS and children's centres in a deprived area: A case of setting up a Work Discussion Group. Professional Doctorate thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust/University of East London. Full text available

Zafeiropoulou, Evangelia (2022) Ever-emerging meaning: An exploration into the way in which families and therapists position themselves in stories of drug misuse. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of East London. Full text available

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Øfsti, Anne Kyong Sook (2008) Some call it love: Exploring Norwegian systemic couple therapists' discourses of love, intimacy and sexuality. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. Full text available

Østevold, Mirjam (2023) “I can’t just sit and feel sorry for myself”: Norwegian men’s construction of masculinity after cancer treatment. DSysPsych thesis, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust / University of Essex. Full text available